Francesco Guccini is an Italian singer, songwriter, actor, and writer. During the five decades of his music career he has recorded 16 studio albums and collections, and 6 live albums. He is also a writer, having published autobiographic and noir novels, and a comics writer. Guccini also worked as actor, soundtrack composer, lexicographer and dialectologist.
Reggio nell'Emilia, usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 171,944 inhabitants and is the main comune (municipality) of the Province of Reggio Emilia.
On 2 July 2005, a Live 8 concert was held at the Circus Maximus, Rome, Italy.
Correggio is a town and comune in the Province of Reggio Emilia, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, in the Po valley. As of 31 October 2022 Correggio had an estimated population of 25,050.
Antonio "Antonello" Venditti is an Italian singer-songwriter and pianist who became popular in the 1970s for the social themes addressed in his songs.
Roberto Vecchioni is an Italian singer-songwriter, lyricist, teacher, and writer.
Sassuolo is an Italian town, comune, and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna.
Renato Fiacchini, known by the stage name Renato Zero, is an Italian singer-songwriter, producer, dancer and actor whose career spans from the 1960s to the 2020s. Zero is the only artist to have reached the top of the Italian charts in six different decades. With 20 million records sold, he is one of the best-selling Italian music artists.
Radiofreccia, released in 1998, is the first movie directed by Italian rock singer-songwriter Luciano Ligabue, based on his 1997 debut novel Fuori e dentro il Borgo.
Antonio Ligabue was an Italian painter. He was one of the most important Naïve artists of the 20th century.
Fiorella Mannoia is an Italian singer, songwriter, and actress.
Luigi Magni was an Italian screenwriter and film director.
The discography of Ligabue, the Italian rock-singer Luciano Ligabue, consists of fourteen studio albums, two compilation albums, one soundtrack albums, five live albums, sixty-six singles as a lead artist and four singles as a featured artist.
Pierangelo Bertoli was an Italian singer-songwriter and poet. Close to libertarian communist issues his works told mainly about environment, laïcité, antimilitarism and social issues regarding marginalized and rebellious people.
Luca Carboni is an Italian singer-songwriter. He debuted in 1981 as guitarist in the band Teobaldi Rock, publishing his first solo album in 1984. He is also a painter and carpenter.
Cosimo Alemà is an Italian film director and music video director.
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Fortunato Zampaglione is an Italian singer-songwriter, producer of music records, lyricist and composer.
Mozzali Andrea was an Italian sculptor, restorer and painter.
Riccardo Fabbriconi, known professionally as Blanco, is an Italian singer, rapper and songwriter. He rose to prominence in 2021 with the hits "La canzone nostra" and "Mi fai impazzire", which topped the Italian Singles Chart. He later released his debut album Blu celeste, driven by the singles "Notti in bianco", "Paraocchi" and the title track. In 2022, he won the 72nd Sanremo Music Festival alongside Mahmood with the song "Brividi", with which the duo represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, finishing in sixth place.
